"Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances respiration. It is an igniter of great expectations."

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Source : Norman Cousins (1989). “Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit”, Penguin Group USA

Norman Cousins

#Laughter Quotes #Moving Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“I've seen men who thought they were brave turn out to be shameful cowards. Other people, who thought they were capable of the utmost self-sacrifice, proved to be hardened egotists. And the opposite, too - cowards doing things which needed toughness and unusual courage..... What does it all boil down to in the end? One must judge a man by what he does, and not by what he thinks he would do. Until a man faces the test, he can deceive himself endlessly.”

Source : Jerzy Andrzejewski, David J. Welsh (1991). “Ashes and Diamonds”, p.81, Northwestern University Press
“To a critic, no explanation will do. To a fan, no explanation is needed.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I didn't have any friends at school, didn't want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me.”
“I will be the first to admit I am not perfect and I make mistakes.”

Source : "Gonzales faces tough questions at hearing", www.cnn.com. January 7, 2005.
“The last spectacle of which Christian men are likely to grow tired is a harbour. Centuries hence there may be jumping-off places for the stars, and our children's children's and so forth children may regard a ship as a creeping thing scarcely more adventurous than a worm. Meanwhile, every harbour gives us a sense of being in touch, if not with the ends of the universe, with the ends of the earth.”
“There's going to be this realm of Platonic forms and then there's going to be this single mind, the 'nous', which grasps them.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“All forms of sexual loving become acceptable if the lovers wear togas or wolfskins.”
“I threw so hard (after striking out Art Fletcher & Doc Crandall in the 9th inning of Game 1 of the 1912 World Series) I thought my arm would fly right off my body.”

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